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About Redspotted Hawkfish
Redspotted Hawkfish are small, stocky members of the Cirrhitidae family with distinctive red spots covering the body. The fish displays a mottled tan to reddish base coloration with numerous red or orange spots, and possesses the characteristic cirri (whisker-like filaments) above the eyes that give hawkfish their name. Their compressed body and large head are typical of the genus Amblycirrhitus.
Key facts
- Common Health Issues
- Parasites (ich, marine velvet), stress-related disease if housed with overly aggressive tank mates, dietary deficiencies if fed monotonous diet
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Family
- Cirrhitidae
- Max Size
- 3.5
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Diet Details
- Feed small meaty foods including finely chopped frozen shrimp, mysis shrimp, small fish pieces, and quality carnivore pellets. They hunt small crustaceans and fish in the wild and benefit from a varied diet of appropriately sized prey.
- Origin
- Western Atlantic, including the Caribbean and Bahamas. Occurs from Florida south through the tropical western Atlantic to Brazil.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 30-gallon aquarium with plenty of rockwork • Temperature 72–78°F, pH 8.1–8.4, Salinity 1.020–1.025 • Peaceful to moderate-aggression; keep singly or with larger peaceful fish • Well-fed on small meaty foods (mysis, copepods, chopped seafood) • Requires excellent water quality and strong water circulation
- Difficulty Level
- Redspotted Hawkfish are moderately difficult. They require stable water conditions, proper feeding of meaty foods, and careful tank mate selection due to their semi-aggressive nature and tendency to consume very small fish or shrimp.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Diet
- carnivore
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